Psalms 141

1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

1 Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

7 “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

8 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.